Ebooks+++The+New+Normal

=//Ebooks: The New Normal//= Summit, 10/12/11 notes taken by Mary Jo

It is fruitless to stand between a reader and his or her choice of format to read a book. Libraries don't steal sales, they are a place of discovery. There is a moving target with today's technology

Challenges:
 * 1) shifting landscape
 * 2) funding challenges
 * 3) restrictive purchasing policies
 * 4) issues and challenges of patron privacy
 * 5) fear (in providing our devices to students, CIPA regs, etc.)
 * 6) quantifiable data
 * 7) lack of standard DRM
 * 8) market is slow to demands of school libraries
 * 9) tension of competing interests between us and patrons
 * 10) how to get in the game

__Alabama School__ concerns: WiFi, power supply cords With $3100 purchased 25 Nooks and covers DRM is a barrier Can put public domain books on Moodle (need to let English know about this)

__North East Independent School District ( a Texas school)__ This school district has 64 schools and 67,000 students

[] [] wikirick@gmail.com suggested that every school use 20% of their budget for district purchases District collection is comprised of resources from at least 10 vendors: Follett, Gale, Marshall Cavendish, Capstone, ??

One school using iPads (I think this Texas school) disabled Safari and put on a 3rd party browser which the network could filter (CIPA).

HS Highlights -- through Amazon ??? I don't know what this means and meant to ask

__Ebook and Epub Publishing Tips__ Playing with Media []

Ebook formats: Sigil (win, mac and linux) - not enhanced Pages (apple) Calibre

I intended to inquire about Word because he seemed to imply that you could save in an Epub format.

Two programs that check your code: epubcheck flightcrew

epub (a book I think?) by Elizabeth Castro Screen Publishing -- check out kk.org for more info

[] -- Wesley Fryer

Overdrive Advantage (gives a school better access if they want something the district didn't buy??? I'm not really sure)

Think outside the box about funding:

reallocate database funds forgo print purchases for one eyar compaign to build a virtual library Title I funds to build a colleciton supporting sped students initially Partner with tech services for initial purchases